Route 209 closed through Delaware Water Gap

BUSHKILL, Pa. -- At 2 p.m. today, the National Park Service closed nearly the entire length of Route 209 through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation area to traffic.

The road remains open for emergency use only, according to the notice.

The closure is from Bushkill -- at Bushkill Falls Road -- through to the junction of Route 209 with Route 206 in Milford.

The park said the emergency responders "need the public's assistance in keeping this important transportation artery open." With non-emergency traffic off the road, plows will be able to keep the highway, the most direct north-south route available, open for emergency traffic.